Extinct family of scorpions
Gigantoscorpionidae
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†Gigantoscorpionoidea
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986 [1]
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†Gigantoscorpionidae
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986 [1]
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†Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
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Gigantoscorpionidae is an extinct family of scorpions that lived between 383.7 million and 342.8 million years ago, during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. The family is the only member of the superfamily Gigantoscorpionoidea.[2]
Genera
The family contains two genera:
References
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Gigantoscorpionidae | |
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Gigantoscorpionoidea | |
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